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Location: Auckland, New Zealand. | Hi all, what jack do you guys carry in your ForwardLook rides?
I have the original bumper jack but not happy jacking up my triple plated chrome bumpers with the weight of my whole car lifted by those bumper bolts.
I can only seem to find asian made jacks for sale new. I wouldn't get under a car supported by an asian jack!
Just interested to see what you guys use.
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| I will carry around a 2 ton floor jack and a jackstand or 2. I wouldn't call them Asian made since Japan makes some quality products and has for years. China produces the bulk of junk we are pigeon holed into buying since there are little to no other options available. What will usually fail on a hydraulic floor jack is the seals. If you want to go overboard with making a quality jack fine hone and polish the cylinder walls and install better seals and other internals. Replace all bolts with grade 8. Or look for an old Made in USA hydraulic floor jack |
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Location: Branson, MO | Scissor jacks are compact and efficient. Don't know where they are made but Dodge trucks have been including them for years as standard equipment.
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Location: Ontario, Canada | Of course I have the OEM jack for the car but I carry a compact hydraulic bottle jack for emergency use.
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| Honestly, I have never carried a jack in my hot rods or old cars every day. If I get a flat it is likely trailer time, I don't really want to use the space saver spare in my Cuda. On road trips, I carry a cheapie hydraulic floor jack and spare, ballast resistor, complete distributor, (ECM or points), fuel pump, a couple plug wires, fuel filters, fuses, gator clip jumper, and a 9/16ths and 1/2 wrench. If I can't fix it with that... Some of my family owes me for rescuing them over the years a couple states away! haha!
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Location: Kansas City, KS | 51coronet - 2016-12-13 7:23 PM
I will carry around a 2 ton floor jack and a jackstand or 2. I wouldn't call them Asian made since Japan makes some quality products and has for years. China produces the bulk of junk we are pigeon holed into buying since there are little to no other options available. What will usually fail on a hydraulic floor jack is the seals. If you want to go overboard with making a quality jack fine hone and polish the cylinder walls and install better seals and other internals. Replace all bolts with grade 8. Or look for an old Made in USA hydraulic floor jack
Some of those Chinese jacks use oddball sized seals that don't interchange with standard sizes. I have a big Harbor Freight floor jack that I've taken to several hydraulic shops and they can't get seals that fit it. |
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Location: Southern Sweden - Sturkö island | I have a compact electric scissor jack (most probably yellow, $75). Any which way, this scissor jack can lift up the car high enough for to change a rear tire in one operation and it can also lift a front wheel. Mind to carry at least two plastic wheel blocks.
I have also aluminum jack stands since no scissor jack can be trusted if the car should move.
I have used the electric scissor jack several times for tests and once on a roadtrip for to help a friend with a Caddy.
I reccon that this jack has a limited lifetime, but then it's only for emergency use.
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Location: WHEELING,WV.>>>HOME OF WWVA | compact electric scissor jack ,
thought about that a long while back . thing is with side pipes it aint so easy to get it where it needs to go . but the side pipes aint stayin
forever , then comes the electric scissor jack -------------------------------------------------------------------later |
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Location: Southern Sweden - Sturkö island | I put the scissor jack under the rear frame rails in front of the rear wheels, there's a reinforcement side beam there Chuck, that's a good spot to lift up a rear wheel. |
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Location: Blackpool, United Kingdom. | What about the airbag ones that work off you're exhaust gas, you can put them anywhere and less pressure in one point to do any damage to the frame rails?
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Location: Oley, PA | An electric scissor jack sounds like a pretty cool thing. I've never seen one in person. Is there a brand that you recommend? I saw this one on Amazon, but not sure how good it is https://www.amazon.com/Pilot-Q-HY-1500L-Electric-Car-Jack/dp/B004G5A...
I'm my trunk, I keep a tire plug kit and a small cheap air compressor. I've only had 2 flats in the last 25 years, but both times I was able to plug the puncture, refill the tire with air and be on my merry way. All without having to jack up the car or remove the wheel. It wont work in every case (blowout or sidewall damage) but for common nail punctures, it's fast and easy.
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Location: The Mile High City | Paul, that exhaust jack looks great in concept. I wonder how that performs in real world conditions? |
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Location: Southern Sweden - Sturkö island |
My one looks exactly like the one in your link. I'd say that they're all more or less the same, perhaps even made by the same producer with different brands and colors. |
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Location: Southern Sweden - Sturkö island | Lancer Mike - 2016-12-15 3:40 AM
Paul, that exhaust jack looks great in concept. I wonder how that performs in real world conditions?
I've seen one in live action and it worked very good and kind of fast too. Since it's a rubber bag a jackstand must be used.
Downside is that it stinks from exhausts in the trunk, but it'll fade away. |
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Location: ZH, Switzerland | In my attic I have a stock jack, but with no handle to restore for my Beast. My Letter came with no jack and no spare wheel. As a consequence I ride my Beast with no jack at all. According the spell "no risk no fun". Happy Restoring! Dieter |
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Location: WHEELING,WV.>>>HOME OF WWVA | Jack/dp/B004G5A...
thats about half the price as the last time i looked 4 or 5 yrs ago |
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Location: Branson, MO | You guys crack me up making a mountain out of a molehill. How often are you planning to use the jack anyway? Once in a lifetime? Or maybe once a year? Or maybe even never?
A simple mechanical scissor jack from a junkyard Mustang (or?) that stores easily and operates with a simple handle will do the job and works for me.
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Location: Magra, Sweden | Got a flat rear tire at a car show and had to use the OEM jack to lift the car enough to enable to get a hydraulic bottle jack in place to lift the car and change tire. |
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| Does anyone have a photo of an original '61 Plymouth jack? |
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What jack do you all use?
